Though the team only had one points win (1981 Mason-Dixon 500 with Jody Ridley) and two pole positions in its long history, three of Donlavey's drivers won Rookie of the Year honors (Bill Dennis in 1970, Ridley in 1980, Ken Schrader in 1985) and a number of former and future NASCAR race winners drove for the team.

Harris ran three more races for Donlavey the following season, but struggled with mechanical problems, and could only manage a best finish of 30th.

Tiny Lund drove for Donlavey at the Atlanta 500, but finished 36th after suffering engine failure early in the race.

Johnny Roberts drove one race for Donlavey in 1961, finishing 21st at Richmond after suffering a blown head gasket.

Max Berrier, Butch Hartman, Bobby Isaac, David Pearson, Johnny Rutherford and Fred Lorenzen were among those who shared the ride for the rest of the year.

Other drivers included Harry Gant, Charlie Glotzbach, Ray Hendrick, and a one-off with Yvon Duhamel.

After losing the Truxmore sponsorship, J. D. Stacy sponsored the car in 1982, but after he failed to post a top-five, Ridley left the team.

Brooks returned to the team, where he posted two top-fives and finished 14th in points with sponsorship from Chameleon Sunglasses.

In 1986, Red Baron Frozen Pizza, signed as primary sponsor, and in 1987, Schrader won one of two qualifying races for the Daytona 500, as well as picking up a pole at Darlington Raceway, finishing tenth in championship points.

At the end of the season, Schrader left, and was replaced by Benny Parsons with Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce.

Running what turned out to be his last season, Parsons competed in 27 starts and grabbed an eighth-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway.

After the season, Bull's Eye left the team, and Donlavey signed rookie Chad Little to his ride.

Donlavey cut back to part-time schedule for the rest of the season, with Stan Barrett and Lennie Pond running selected races for him.

At the Motorcraft Quality Parts 500, Donlavey fielded a car for Wally Dallenbach Jr., who would run eleven races for him that season.

Other drivers who raced for Donlavey that year were Glotzbach, Kerry Teague, Pancho Carter, Todd Bodine in a Donlavey Ford renumbered #34 in partnership with Diet Pepsi and Cicci-Welliver Racing for Bodine's first Cup start at Watkins Glen, Bobby Hillin Jr., and Hut Stricklin.

After making ten starts in 1996, Wallace was released in favor of Dick Trickle, whose best finish that season was a thirteenth at Michigan.

He improved to 29th in points in 1998, but he, along with Heling-Meyers and crew chief Tommy Baldwin Jr., left the team at the end of the year.

90 Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce Ford Taurus driven by rookie Mike Harmon.

During the lead-up to the Daytona 500, rumors began spreading that Big Daddy's was not paying its sponsorship checks.

Originally, those rumors were denied by Donlavey, but questions continued to swirl when the team practiced for the 500 without Big Daddy's sponsor decals on the car.

The Big Daddy's contract was cancelled, and Morgan Shepherd took over the next week at Rockingham, and Stanton Barrett at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Those two drivers, along with Hut Stricklin and Ed Berrier, shared the driving duties of the 90 for the rest of the year.

In 2000, Berrier signed to drive the 90 with sponsorship from Hills Brothers Coffee, competing for Rookie of the Year honors.

Near the end of the season Sara Lee, Hills Brothers' parent company, asked Donlavey to move his team from Richmond to North Carolina.

Sauer Company, whose Duke's Mayonnaise brand had been carried on the former Eel River Racing car Mast had driven.

Mast was eventually diagnosed as having suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and was forced to leave racing altogether, and once he did C.F.

Hedlesky drove the car at the Winston Open, but Donlavey did not field an entry for the rest of the season.

Donlavey hoped to revive his team in 2004 by announcing Kevin Ray would drive a limited schedule that season with sponsorship from Boudreaux's Butt Paste.